Voting-machine.



PATEN'lIED 00T. l5, 1907.

G. C. ALE. VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED ux. 25,1907.

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Home/134 No. 868,062. PATENTED 00Tl 15, 1907, G. G. ALB.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION rmm 11111.25, 1907.

PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

G. C. ALB.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11,111.25, 1907` 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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PATENTED OCT. l5, 1907.

G. G. ALE.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED un. z5, 1907.

249i tumbas VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED HAB. 25. 1907.

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B0 ff No. 868,062. PATENTBD OCT. l5, 190'7. G. C. ALE.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 14u45, 1907.

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GEORGE C. AILEZ OF GRAYFORD, INDIANA.

VOTING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

'Application filed March .26, 1907. Serial N o. 364,248..

' proved form of voting machine,the construction beingl such that counters (preferably positively actuated) are arranged in unit groups, the arrangement being such thatthevoter may positively shift all of the counting mechanisms ofl any group bodily so as to.

bring a particular counting mechanism of that group into position to be subsequently positively actuated (preferably simultaneously with other counters of other groups which may be similarly brought to desii-ed position), the construction being also such that all counters not in position to be actuated will'be positively locked against operation, and the construction being also such that the unit groups of-counters may be `locked against all manipulation and entirely withdrawn from the machine to be transported to any point desired for exhibition in case of contest. A

`The accompanying drawings. illustrate. my invention. v I v Figure -l is a plan of a mechanism embodying my invention, the inclosing casing being shown in horizontal section Fi 2 a section on line`2-2 of Fi f l,

Y g g looking in the direction ofthe arrows; F ig. 3 asimilar section on line 3,3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 a detail section of the locking means on line 4-4 of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 a sectional detail on lineG-fi of Fig.v 7 Fig. 7 la plan of the 'operating racks and`closely adjacent parts; Fig. 8 a partial plan of the straight ticket lever and closely associated parts; Fig.

`9 a rear elevation,v with parts of the mechanism removed; Fig. l() an axial section 'through one of the units', Fig. ll a section on line 1l^1l of Fig. l0; Fi".

12 a similar section on line 12-12 of Fig. l0; Fig. I3

a section .on line 13-13 of Fig. 10, and Fig. 14 a` front elevation on a smaller scale, of the machine shown in the other views.

My invention consists primarily in the provision of a movable, preferably rotatable, head upon which is mounted a plurality'of counters, as many Acounters being provided as thereare candidates for a particular single candidato office, and the idrawings sliow such s. machine having a capacity of eight offices and six candidates for each ofce. It willof course be readily understood that any desired increase of capacity may be accomplished by more duplication of parts;

In the-drawings 20 indicates suitable supporting `frame and casing. vJournsled in the frame 20 are a number of shafts 2l, one for each office, and these'shafts'inay be arranged in any desired manner, preferably in a plurality of horizontal rows, as shown. Each of the shafts 2l is axially reciprocable in its bearings and is provided at its outer end with a handle 22 which may be grasped by the voter and by means of which it may be both rotated and axially reciprocated.

Secured to the accessible end of each shaft 2l is a `radially extending 4indicator finger 23 which may be caused to enter any one of a series of slots 24/ formed in a ring .24 surrounding the shaft and secured to the casing 20, the ring 24 being provided with as many notches 24 vas there are counters, hereinafter described, on the shaft 2l.

Secured tothe inner end of eachshaft 2l is the counter-carrying head 25 which, as shown, is so sc- `cured to shaft 2l that, in operation, it may partake of all of the movements of said shaft, yet may be bodily detached from said shaft, such fastening in the present case lbeing shown as a set screw 26.

Secured to head 25 are several counters 3f), which preferably should be of the positive type. For instance, in the drawings I indicate roughly that type of counter known asthe LVeeder, which is well known commercially in the market and comprises a plurality of concentric counting elements enltirely inclosed within a casing and being operated by means of a rotary shaft 3l projected from the casing, generally coincident with the axis of the counting elements, the arrangement being such that a complete rotation of the shaft 3l is necessary to produce a single step of advancement of the units element of the counter.` This type of-counter being well known, I do not consider` it necessary to describe its internal construction in detail, especially in view of the. fact that such detail of construction has nothing to do with my l present invention, counters of many different forms being easily available for my purpose;

Splined upon each shaft 3l is a hollow shaft 32 capablel of axial movement upon shaft 3l without interfering with the simultaneous rotation of "both, and this shaft 32 carries a mutilated gear 33 adapted to be brought into mesh with a mutilated master gear 34 journaled on shaft 3l, or into engagement with a locking disk 35 secured v to shaft 2l; .in the drawings the disk 35 being shown as integral with head 25. 4 In order to form a supportfor the projected ends of the hollow shafts 32, I secure an annulus 36 to head 25 by means of bolts 37, said annulus being spaced from the head by suitable spacing members 38. y

Each shaft 32 is provided, at its outer end, with a flange 39, which lies immediately adjacent a flange 40 of a stationary head 41 concentric with shaft 2l and prov gear-45, the hub of-which extendsthrough the adjacent shaft 32 so that its mutilated 1 0A nected bya rack bar48 and each of these rack bars is it and flange 40, the arrangement being suchwthat; y 39 of any one of the shafts rotating shaft 21, the flange 32 maybe brought between flange 39 and li-p 42 by ay rotation of shaft 2l and, by an inward axial movement of said shaft,finger 42 will servet restrain that particular gear 33 will be held-against axial movement While the locking disk 35 is withdrawn therefrom and the mutilated master Agear 34 carried into engagement therewith. Gear 34, while free tobe ro' 4tatedindependentl y upon shaft 21, is nevertheless edn-l fined against axial movement on said shaft by means of 'Y a pin 43 on one side and the locking disk 35 on the other, so that said gear 34 will partake of the axial movementl of the shaft 21.

`The stationary heads 41 are secured to a cross bar 20"' which forms partof the main frame, and journaled in said cross bar, and upon each shaft 21., is an actuating head 41 and 1s provided with a pair oflongitudinal perforations 46 adapted to slidingly receive -a pair of long il tudinal pins47, which'are secured to the master gear 34. All ofthe gears 45 in a horizontal' series are conprovided 'on'one side with a rack 49 meshing with a pinion 50 carried by avertical shaft 51 journaled inthe mainframe and provided with a bevel gear 52 meshing with a g'ear 53 carried by a shaft which isprojected through the front of the casing and provided'with an op-v emting leverl 55, theproportions of the several gears and racks being such that a complete rotationof the mutilated gears 34 vmay be produced by tion of the operating lever. 'i

Any suitable meansmay be used 'tolock-the parts against improper jmanipulation, but I'prefer to provide a construction lwhichi will coperate with mechanism by means of which a straight ticket maybe voted b'y first setting all of the units by means of a single-member, and using the same locking mechanisinf for con,- trolling all the parts, the construction being such, however, that, after setting 'the parts'fora straight ticket, any of the units may be individually shifted in order to permit fscratching. For' `this'purposeI provide a straightticket lever 60 which isl p ivted .onv a horizontal axis 61 on the pin 62'journ`a'led on al ve rtical axis inl the main frame and-' constructed and mounted so' that. vertical movement of the pin is prevented. .1'

Pivoted to lever 60 is one end of a link 63 the -outer end of which is pivoted at 64 tofone of a series of horizontally sliding rack bars 65, one of which is provided 'f for each horizontal series of shafts 21 L Each rack'65 is provided on its side with a rack 66 which `meshes with a pinion 67 which' pinionsA are .carried by asliaft 68, the arrangement being such that the actuation vof one of the rack bars 65 by means of lever 60 will cause a-co1responding actuation ofiall of said rack' bars 65. I l

Journaled upon each shaft 21 is a4 gear 70 provided with an axially extending finger 71 adapted to engage, in one direction only, a pin 72 carried by shaft 21, the -I arrangement being such that gear may drive its l a proper manipulashaft 21 in one direction only.

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',pivot, vto one ofv theracks 9 0 provided rock shafts I and one of said arms 99 is racks 4 8 a pin lluadapted to.

i. Shaft 117 being permi Arranged alongside each rack. 65'is a similar vrack 73 eachof which is provided oli-its side vwith a rack 74 which meshes with a pinion 75, which pinions 7 5 are carried by shaft 76 which thusse'rves to connect all of 'the racks 73 for' simultaneous movement. Journaled upon each shaft 21 is a gear 77 which is like the gear 70 and like it is provided `with a pin 78 adapted to engage aV pin' 79 carriedby shaft 21, the pin 78 however engaging'the-pin 79 in thedir'ection opposite'tothe direction of"engagement between pin'v 71 pinjiz, Each' 'rack 73 meshes with su 'of the gears 77 ofthe adjacent horizontal series of shafts 21. --In order to .connect the'isever'al racks 6 5 and 73 for simultaneous Y movement l 73), catch 80, which, near its free. end, is provided with. a shoulder 81 adapted to engage. in lone'direction afinger 82 carried bythe adjacent ra y65.'- In order to disengagethis catch I under s ome conditions, I

provides. vertical lifting'plate83 connected by a link .a linkv 88, andan' arm 89, isconnec'ted to a rock 's haft with van arm91'engaged by lever 60; the

arrangement ;beingi such that, when lever 60"is depressed,- pitess win be uae-diana intriso withdrawn 'from finger 82. There .areas many rock shafts 86 as there are horizontalseries'of shafts 21 and each of said is provided with a seriesof fingers 95'each. of whichi each shaft 21,v the arrangement being` sujch that v-when lever vis depressed all ofthe shafts willlbe shifted slightly to the left in Fig.,2.

Arranged-alongside each `shaft is a shaft 97 p rovided with a series of fingers 98 each of which is adapted yto engage the adjacent collar 96 opposition to the v I 100.

adjacentfinger 95. l `Each shaft 97 is provided with arm 99 wl 1ich arms are connected by a link 100 f or simultaneous `I novefnent providedwith a pin 101 which lies in a slot 102 of a link 103 connected through a crank 104 with a smit 105.'

Shaft 105 is provided with a gear 106 with a gear 107 carried by shaft 51.

parts together and p re- In order to lock the various adapted to engage a colla@ 96 carried-by v'ent actuationthereof until released. I secure to lone of be engaged by ya catch 111 pivoted onzthe frame 20.

Catch 1'11 is provided near its free end witha notch 112 adapted to re'ceive pin 110 and hold it against niovef ment in eitherdirection, and pivoted tothe free end of catch 111 is a depending finger 113 arranged in the path of movement of one arm of a lever 114, the other end of which'is connected by a link 115 and arm 116 to arock shaft 117, which shaft is projected out through. tl-.e cas# ing at the entrance end of witltan operating handle 118 and an indicator finger 119 adapted to indicate its position and hold thesame in either of its positions by means of a segment 120, the f ted a slight axial play by means of a spring 121.

Shaft 117 carries a pin 122 adapted to be brought into engagement with the free end of a catch 123 which is pivoted to pin 1.10. 'm Y atch 123 is provided with a` should lie-normally behind a shoulder formed on one of the rack bars 65,4 the arrangement being such that the norer 124 adapted to f tion of the shafts 21. i of the rack bars 73, prevents any manipulation of the rack bars 65 (to the left in Fig. 1) so longas the catch 123 'mal position of the catch 123 is one ,in which shoulder 124 lies in front of shoulder 1 25 so'as to prevent any actuation of gears 77 and rack bars V73 by any manipula? nd the catch 80, carried by one his in position.

' Thev 'catch 123 is "yildirrgly' held to its' position by:y

- means of the spring compresor 126 which serves to hold provided .at its lower end with a slot 142adapted to rev ceivea the free end of catch 123 in proper ,position during the entire bodily movement of thecatch 123 to the right in Fig. 1, during the subsequent marrrpuistitrrf the machine; as described he inafter. '1

In order 'to automatically return the shaft 117 to its normalposition at the completidnof operation of the machine, I connect tothe `pin ofcrank 104.a link 143- pin 141 ,'of an arm 140 carried by' shaft 117.

The yoperation is as follows z`Wi th -sitions indicated in Figsrl, Zand rposed to haverpassed to the inspector o r the voter has shifted shaft' 117, so as to 3, .the voter the parts in the po-4 to be moved to .the left.

immediately prior to the removal of from the machinevfor distant inspection.v In this porcause pin 122-.thereof to withdraw shoulder124v of catch r 125. This prior movement of shaft`1`l7 hascaused lever 114to assume the position shownin full lin'es in Fig. 4tothe positionshown in full lines in Fig. l5, so as "to re- I V lealse pin 110 and thus free the racks48 for longitudinal with the correspond 40 movement. `Supposing now ,thatthervoter desires v'oe t straight ticket, he will grasp leverlso and swing the same to the right until it comes in alinement with thatnotch 175whicli" oi'responds tothe desired party. This movement'of lever`60 causes an. actuation of all of the rack bars 73 to lthe right which actuation'causes. through pins 79 'and 78; a simultaneous rotation of all vof the shafts 21until their respective indicator fingers 23 come into alinement with the desired candidate indicationonthe'face of the inachinc andinto' alinefment ing notch 24."This actuation of the rack bars ,73.causes,v througli'should'er 81 ,and fingern 8 2, a corresponding' Vsimultaneous actuation of all of iackbars 65, and these rack' bars,acting upon gears 70, also operate tlA rough pins 71 and 72, upon the shafts 21. By this arrangement of the-rack lbars 65 and 73 in pairs and the4 arrangement of the pins 71-72 and 78-79,act

ing in opposite direct-ions, it will be impossible for the voter, by any'sudden actuation oi the actuating member 60,. to drive the rack bars 65 ng of the shafts 2l .be-

yond their proper position for the particular position oi' the lever 60. The connection described also permits the control of movement of the rack bars 65 and 73 in either direction' by the lever 60 so that theseveral voting units may be readilyvbrouglxtto aparticular party Whenv lever 60 has been brought vto,` the proper position it will be depressed into the proper notch 175, and acting upon lever 91 ofshaft'90 will cause arm 8!) to pull down'on link 88, and this link oper-l ating on the arnh` 87 of tli-.e shafts 86 will cause the'arms 95 of saidshafts Ito engage all of thecollarsQG. of all of .the shafts 2l so as to-drive said shafts axially into the machine (to the 'position sl'own in Fig. l0).

Prior to the axial actuation o f the shafts l21 the parts will be the position shown in the 4,A th'usmoving the' catch 111- inward to .the position shown in Fig. 10.l so-as upper series' of Fig. to th in he desires to scratch .locking-disks 35 of their respective heads and out of engagement with their master gears (The position of the parts shown in lower part oi 2 is that assumed a' counter ,head l tion of the figure the locking ring 150 has been moved toward head 25 so asto engage gears 33 and-prevent any movement thereof a'way irom= the locking disk 35, said locking ring 150 being providedwith fingers 151 which extendthrough the 'head .25 and adapted to be locked in. position by'a suitable padlock 15,2). VThe rotation of the shafts 21 causesa revolution .of the various counters 30 about the axis of the shaft and brings their flanges 39 successively into. position behind the finger 42, as clearly shown Fig. 13 (all of the anges except one having been omitted for clearness of illustration) so that the parts are in the,positi`ons indicatedin the upper portion of Fig. 2, where the upper one of anges 39 lies behind finger 42 while all of the other iianges39 are free` As soon as the shafts 21 are. i proj ectedaxially into the machine those flanges 39 which lie behind their respective fingers 42 Vare vrestrained from movement with their heads 25 and conse. quently, when said .heads are moved vto the position shown in 10, the particular gear 33 which is carried by that shaft v32 havin'g its ange 39 behind the finger 42 isrestrained from axial movement'a'nd therefore the' locking disk 35 is carried out-of the plane of this gear`33 and the master gear 34 projected into the plane of said gear and into' mesh with said gear. -If now, the voter dsires to scratch. he should raise lever 60 out of its notch and returnitto its normal position, thus drawing racks 6 5 back to the left (Fig. 1) to their normal positions and -thus causing' a reverse rotation of all of the gears 70 and thereby drawing their pins7l back away 100 from the pins 72 of the shafts 21. The voter will now grasp the particular shaft 21 relating to the office whereand pull said shaft outward axiallyas far as possible, thus withdrawing the finger 23 from ring 24 and leaving saidshaft free to be rotated-in. 105A either direction. A rotation of this shaft 21 in a reverse fdirection, t'. e., clockwise, will have no effect upon any of the because the pin 72 thereof will notbe in engagement with the corresponding pin 71 until shaft has been returned to its tion.' A rotation of thisshaft 21 in a counter clockwise position will bring its pin 79 into engagement with they pin,78v of thefcorresponding gear 77 and will rotate said gear in a counter clockwise direction and drive the gears 73 still further tothe ht l) but this move- 1,15 v ment of the racks 73, 'while causing a corresponding ro tation of all theI gears 77 will not produce any rotation of any of the other. shafts 21 because the pins 78ste only -A capable of engaging pins 79 in a clockwise direction.' The voter may thus/manipulate any of the shafts 21in- 1-20 dependently so as to set the indicator 23 thereof to the proper position to bring that counter 30 corresponding to the candidate for whom he desires to vote, in position for actuation, and he lwill thereupon pushthe to causel 1 25 the corresponding master gear 34 to meshwith the voor- 'w responding gear 33 of that candidate counter.

When the voter'has finally set each particular shaft I e positionwhich he desires,- so as to indicat'a .vote

the normal non-voting posi- 2 where al1 of the gears 33 are in engagement with the, for the candidates for whom he dsires tovo'te,A allv of the counters corresponding to all of said candidates are in position for actuation but none of said counters has as yet had its counting 'elements moved. When the machine 'has beenset, as described, the voter will grasp crank 55 and rotate the same in a counter clockwise direction, s indicated by the arrowin Fig. 14, and this rotation will cause a rotation of vshaft 51 sol as to drive vall of the racks 48 tothe right in Fig. l, this movement caiising a rotation of the gears 45 and la corresponding rotation of the master gears 34 so that those'gears 33 which are in mesh with the master ge'ars will be given a sufficient rotation to cause a counter actuation of theA `corresponding counters; in the structure illustrated in the drawings this .actuating -rotation ofthe gears 33 being'a complete rotation. Actuation of shaft 54 ina counter clockwise direction is limited in any desired manner, as for instance, by a stop 180. Just before the counter clockwise movement of shaft 54 is completed, link 103 will have moved downward enough so that pin 101 will be engaged by a downward push so as to swing fingers 98 (to the left in Fig. 3 and to the right in Fig. 2) so as to move all of the shafts 21 outward axially (to the right vin Fig. 10) so as to bring said shafts, and the parts immediately connected therewith', to normal position, thus returning the gears 33 which have just been actuated out of mesh with the master gears 34 and into engagement with the locking disks 35. At thesame time indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, so that catch 1.ll

may be dropped down to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 in position to be freeto engage pin 110 when it is returned to normal position. When the vracks48 are carried to the right (Fig. l), catch 123 is carried therewith to the right sc that its shoulder 124 willpass to the right (Fig. l) of any position to which the shoulder 125 may have been carried by any previous manipulation.

As soon as the first movement of shaft 54 has been completed the voter will return said shaft, by a clockwise direction, to normal position, andthis reverse rotation of shaft 54 will cause a return of racks 48, and the parts connected therewith, to normal position. At the same time catch 123 will engage shoulder ]25 so as to drive all of the racks 173 back to normal position thus rotating all of the shafts 2l back to normal position, and during this reverse rotation of the shafts 2l, their pins 72 will come into engagement with the pins 7l of the gears 70, wherever they'may have been left by the voter, and return the same to normal position, at the saine time causing a rotation of shaft 68'so as to cause a return movement of the straight lever60 if it has not before been mov ed back to normal position by the voter. The parts are thus' automatically 'returned to normal position and pin 110 is engaged by'catch 111 so that the parts are locked against all further manipulation until shaft 117 is again brought to the position shown in the drawings. x

In the present drawing" l4 have not shown any mechanism especially designed to provide for group voting, and I have purposely omitted any such illustration in order to more clearly illustrate the particular construction which forms the subject-matter of my present invention. 4

diate operating gears `of cach head against operation.

scenda I claim as my invention:

1. In a voting machine, the combination, 'of a plurality of rotatable shafts, each accessible by-the voter and each capable of axial movement by the voter, a counter' carrier mounted on leach of said shafts, a plurality of counters carried by each of said heads, and means for actuating the counter of each head which has been brought, by movement of the shaft, to a'ctuating'position.,

- 2. In a voting machine, the combination, of a plurality of counter heads, a plurality of counters carried by each of said heads, an immediate operating gear for each of saidv counters, a master operating gear for cach head, and means operable by the voter for bringing any one of said immediate gears into operative connection with its master opel'- ating gear and for simultaneously actuating said master operating gears to operate the particular counters convoter for connecting any immediate operating gear with its master operating gear and for operating said master operating gear to cause nn actuation of one of thel counters related thereto.

4. ln a voting machine, the combination, of a plurality of rotary and axially movableshafts cach accessible by the voter. of a head carried by cach of said shafts within the machine, a plurality of counters carried by euch of said4 heads, a plurality of immediate operating gears one for each counter, a master operating gear for each set of immediate operating gears, means operable by-the vot'cr Y for connecting any immediate operating gca'r with its mnster` operating gear and for operating said'xnaster operating geni* to cause an actuation of one of the counters related thereto, and means for normally holding the immelnv a voting.; machine,l a voting unit comprislng'n roactuation of the cuhter connected therewith through its immediate operating gear.

G. In a voting machine, a voting unit comprising. a rotary and axially movable shaft accessible by the voter, a

head carried-by said shaft, a plurality of counters carried by said head and each provided with an' immediate opcr- .l

ating gear. a muster gem' for said head, means controlled by axial movement of the shaft, for shifting any immediate gear into and out of mesh with the master gear, and means for rotating thc master gear.

7. In a voting machine, a voting unit comprising a rotary and axially movable shaft accessible by the voter, a

head carried by said shaft, a plurality of counters carried by said head and cach provided with an immediate operating gen1', a master gear for said .head carried by the shaft, means controlled by axial movement of the shaft, for shifting any immediate gear into and out of mesh with the master gear, and means for rotating the muster gear.

8. In a voting machine, a voting unit comprising a rotary and axially movable shaft accessible by the voter, a head carried by saidshaft, a .plurality of counters carried by said head and cach provided with an immediate operl ating gear, a master gear for said head, means controlled by axial movement of the shnftfor shifting any immediate gear into and out of mesh with the master gear, lmeans for rotating the master gear, and n locking member arranged in position' to engage the immediate operating years not in connection with the master gear.

i). In a voting machine,Y a voting unit comprising n rotaryand axially movable shaft accessible by the voter, o. head carried by said shaft, a plurality of counters carried by said head and' each provided with an immediate operating gear, a master geni' for said head carried by the shaft, means controlled by` axial movement of the shaft,

'a locking member' arranged in position to engage the immediate operating gears not in connection with the master geur.

10. In a voting,r machine, a voting unit comprising a rotory :1nd axially movable shaft, a plurality of counters carried by said shaft, :in operating gen1' for cach of said shafts shiftnble relative to the carrying shaft and each of said operating gears provided wiih n. member by means of which it may bc engaged to accomplish such relative movement. and a member arranged in 'the pnth of movement of said inst mentioned members around the shaft and adopted to cngngc :my ont` of said inst mentioned members, :i muster gear for operating said operatingr gears, and means for operating said muster gear. l

11. In n voting machine, a voting unit comprising a rotary and axially movable shaft, n plurality of counters curricd by said shaft, an operating gear for euch of said shafts shiftable reiativelto the carrying shaft and euch of said operating' gears provided with a member by means of which it may be engagedv to accomplish such relative movemont, and a member arranged in the path of movement o! said lust mentioned members around the shaft and vadapted to onguge any one of said isst mentioned members, a master gear for operating said operating gears, means for operating smid master gear, and means for locking said gears against movement.

12. In a voting machine, a voting unitv comprising a rotary and axially movabieshaft, a plurality of counters carried by said shaft, an operating gear for each of said shafts shiftabie relative to the carrying shaft and each of' said operatingy gears provided with a member by means of which it may be engaged to accomplish such relative movement, and a member arranged in the path of movement of said last mentioned members around the shaft and adapted to engage any one of said last mentioned members,

s master gear foroperating said operating gears, means for operating said master gear, and means for normally holding said operating gears against rotation.

13. In ayoting machine, the `combination, with s plurality of shafts, each controlling counting mechanism, of a pair vof gears journsied on each shaft, interengaging members between each of-,said gears and the shaft for acting-in one direction only, and each acting in s direction opposite to the other, of a pair of rack bars each connecting the corresponding gears of the several shafts, and n withdrawable connection between said two rack bars.

14. In a voting machine, the `combination, of s plurality of' rotatable and axially movable shafts, a plurality of counters carried by each of said shafts, means controlled by the movement of euch shaft for-determining the actustion of the counters carried thereby, a straight ticket lever,

and intermediatey connections between said lever andthe several shafts whereby said levers may simultaneously actuate the several shafts, and .the said' shafts may be individually actuated.

15. In s voting machine, the combination, with a plurnlity of shafts, enchcontroiiing counting mechanism, of s. pair of gears journaled on each shaft, 'interengaging members between each of said gears and the shaft forA acting in one direction only, and each acting in a direction opposite to the other, of a pair of rack bars each connecting the correspondinggears of the several shafts, n Awithldrawaiiie connection between laid two rack hars, s straight ticket lever, and intermediate connections between said straight ticket lever and one of the rack bars whereby said lever may operate the shafts.

In witness' whereof, I, have' hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indians, this sixteenth day of March. A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seven GEORGE C.- ALE. [th s.]

Witnesses As'rrrnn MI Hoon, THOMAS W. McMnANs. l 

